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Tag: security
Styling visited links for payformystay.com
I wanted to change the text of visited links on payformystay.com, using CSS. In the offer summary, I wanted to change the link text "Check it out!" with "Check it out again!" after the user had indeed checked out the offer.
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PHP include exploits
A year ago, my web host thoroughly explained how PHP include vulnerabilities can be exploited, hoping that better user education would leave less member-sites vulnerable to automated attacks by spammer scum.
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I don't believe in system passwords if they're not backup by some type of disk encryption. It's simply too easy to circumvent by changing a few boot parameters or by inserting a good boot disk. For performance reasons, I've decided against using full-disk encryption for my laptop and even against encryption for my home folder. This makes typing in a password to login a mere annoyance. Admittedly, my laptop features a fingerprint reader, but at the time I couldn't get it to work and it still requires me to type in my username, which I find just as superfluous. Also, fingerprints aren't that secure either. Read More »
Matriux, a penetration testing and security analysis LiveCD
Matriux is a fully featured security distribution consisting of a bunch of powerful, open source and free tools that can be used for various purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, ethical hacking, system and network administration, cyber forensics investigations, security testing, vulnerability analysis, and much more. Read More »